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vitamin C

vitamin C noun: the L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, widely used for numerous biological functions, and abundant in citrus fruits and many vegetables.

Noun

vitamin C (uncountable)

  1. The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, widely used for numerous biological functions, and abundant in citrus fruits and many vegetables.
    Synonyms:
    E300

vitamin C meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

vitamin C in Hindi

vitamin C
विटामिन सी viṭāmin sī

vitamin C in Tagalog

L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid
bitamina C

vitamin C in Arabic

L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid
فيتامين سي, فيتامين ج, فِيتَامِين C fītāmīn C

vitamin C in Indonesian

L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid
vitamin C

Synonyms of vitamin C

  • E300

Questions about vitamin C

What does vitamin C mean?
Vitamin C means the L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, widely used for numerous biological functions, and abundant in citrus fruits and many vegetables.
What is vitamin C in Hindi?
Vitamin C in Hindi is विटामिन सी (viṭāmin sī). See Vitamin C meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vitamin C?
Vitamin C is a noun.

Words near vitamin C in the dictionary

  1. vitamin B5
  2. vitamin B6
  3. vitamin B7
  4. vitamin B9
  5. vitamin Bc
  6. vitamin C
  7. vitamin D
  8. vitamin D1
  9. vitamin D2
  10. vitamin D3
  11. vitamin D4

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vitamin C (page history and authors); विटामिन सी (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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